Value For Money

6222_Simon Jones.'s Response to 4865_Kurt Cobain.'s Review

Written on: 24/11/2001

I bought my Platinum Live 5.1, 12 months ago and it has really changed my gaming experience. However, anyone thinking of installing this item should be aware that some games don't like it (i.e. Unreal Tournament) and certain varieties of Via motherboard chipsets are uncomfortable with it (I run a Soltek 75KA/KJ with a 900Mhz Athlon). There are chipset and software upgrades available though, at the respective websites, to overcome the associated problems (Msgsvr32 errors, screen freezing, crashing etc.) Since installing these upgrades I don't have these problems anymore, but to begin with my computer nearly went freefalling without a parachute.